Garden Q&A: How should I prune dead branches?
Q: I discovered a dead branch on my Japanese maple. Does it need to be removed, and if so, when and how? A: Yes, dead wood should be removed once it’s discovered, as it might harbor pests or...
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This Italian flourless chocolate torta is rich and dense yet remarkably light
By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL, Associated Press Pasticceria Gollini in Vignola, Italy, not far from Modena, is home to the sumptuous flourless chocolate cake known as torta Barozzi. Created in 1886 by pastry...
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3 winter cocktail recipes
With its crackling fires and holiday cheer, winter is a warm and fuzzy time. What better to match it than a wintry cocktail that makes you warm and fuzzy inside? Dylan O’Brien is a longtime bartender...
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‘Babygirl’ review: Secrets, lies and one road to a fulfilling sex life,...
The composer David Raksin once described his film music as melodically tricky enough that ideally, he joked, the listener should skip the first hearing and try the second. The same applies, for me at...
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Family travel 5: Read the book, then visit the setting
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes, FamilyTravel.com (TNS) Here are five ideas from the literary world that may help shape your next adventure. The Anne Frank House and Museum, Amsterdam Tourists line up inside...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 28, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 28, 2024 The planets are encouraging us all to spin the wheel and take a chance. Aesthetic Venus is making a rare yet powerful square to rebel Uranus at 2:42 am EST,...
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If only birds were ‘puppies’: Lights Out Baltimore tracks 3,000 window...
A little after 4:30 a.m. in downtown Baltimore, Nicole Hartig and Jon Merryman spotted their first victim. “We have one bird here,” said Merryman, a veteran volunteer. He snapped photos of the...
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Here are Yelp’s picks for top dining trends in 2025
Expect to see mushrooms, Vietnamese coffee and value meals on restaurant menus next year. That is according to Yelp, the crowd-sourced review website that recently released its food and drink forecast...
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Column: The worst movies of 2024, plus 3 screen highlights to make up for them
Before we send 2024 packing, it’d be good karma to acknowledge some offbeat screen experiences don’t fit a typical best-of-the-year list. And we’ll also get to the worst movies of the year, guaranteed...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 29, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 29, 2024 When we do the work, we can achieve visible results. The Moon in Sagittarius begins with a trine to Chiron. This activates Chiron’s healing potential before...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 30, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 30, 2024 We can accomplish more than we realize. The Moon is moving steadily through competent Capricorn, and it will stir up our desire for action when it forms a...
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Anthony M. ‘Tony’ Carey, attorney who helped found Baltimore School for the...
Anthony M. “Tony” Carey, an attorney and legal ethics specialist who was a founder of the Baltimore School for the Arts, died of heart failure on Christmas at his Inner Harbor home. He was 89. Born in...
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School arts on the chopping block? Maryland’s Blueprint education plan might...
The arts kept Damien Vincent safe when he was growing up, protecting him from the “seductive allure of the streets” and the temptations of easy money, he told about 150 people at a November arts...
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Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the landmark sitcom...
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has...
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Boozy or not, that leftover eggnog makes a great milkshake
By KATIE WORKMAN, Associated Press Christmas has come and gone. The leftover lamb has been made into a shepherd’s pie, the last slice of pie has been claimed, you know you should be starting a pot of...
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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ review: Aardman hits a gnome run
For years, before the stop-motion animation wizards of England’s Aardman Animations introduced themselves to a mass audience with the feature film “Chicken Run” in 2000, they had been delighting fans...
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Disney cut back accommodations. What’s it like to attend while disabled?
By Shauna Muckle, Tampa Bay Times (TNS) Mary Benhart’s family gushed about Disney World’s willingness to accommodate people with disabilities in an ad for the company last year. “You can actually relax...
View ArticleWhere to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Anne Arundel County
New Year’s celebrations in Anne Arundel County range from family-friendly fireworks and Noon Year’s Eve events to themed parties, specialty dining and free First Day Hikes in area parks. Annapolis...
View ArticleWine, etc.: 10 wine-growing regions we would like to see people discover |...
When we go to parties, we often see people offering the same brand of wine they offered us a year ago. Most of the time it’s the same producer, other times it’s the same grape variety, but the comment...
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Baltimore Scene: New Year’s at the B&O | PHOTOS
Toast to the arrival of the New Year. The B&O Railroad Museum and Emma’s Tea Spot collaborated for a memorable celebration with Afternoon Tea & A Toast. The event was held at the 1884 Baldwin...
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